1957 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1957 throughout the world.

Events

 * February 8 – The Confederation of African Football is founded at a meeting in Khartoum, Sudan.
 * October 19 – Scottish club Celtic F.C. beat their deadliest rivals Rangers F.C. 7–1 in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
 * November 20 – Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam makes its European debut by defeating DDR's SC Wismut (1-3) in the first round of the European Cup.

Winners club national championship

 * 🇦🇷: River Plate
 * 🇧🇪: R. Antwerp F.C.
 * 🇪🇨: Emelec
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Manchester United
 * 🇫🇷: AS Saint-Etienne
 * 🇭🇺: Vasas SC
 * 🇮🇱: Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
 * 🇮🇹: A.C. Milan
 * : Ajax Amsterdam
 * : Olimpia Asunción
 * : FC Dynamo Moscow
 * 🇪🇸: Real Madrid
 * 🇸🇪: IFK Norrköping
 * : Borussia Dortmund

International tournaments

 * African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 10 – 16 1957)
 * 🇪🇬 egypt
 * 🇪🇹 ethiopia
 * 🇸🇩 sudan
 * 1957 South American Championship in Peru (March 7 – April 6, 1957)
 * 🇦🇷 argentina
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * 1957 British Home Championship (October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england


 * Copa Julio Argentino Roca in Brazil (July 7 – 10 1957)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * 🇦🇷 argentina

Births

 * January 5 – Karl Allgöwer, German footballer
 * January 11 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
 * January 19 – Fabrizio Casanova, retired Swiss footballer
 * February 1 – Walter Schachner, Austrian footballer and manager
 * February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
 * February 28 – Jan Ceulemans, Belgian footballer and manager
 * March 12 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer
 * May 5 – Said Azimshah Garibzada, Afghan-born former football player and trainer
 * May 9 – Fulvio Collovati, Italian footballer
 * July 15 &mdash; Craig Martin, Canadian soccer player
 * September 3 – Walter Kelsch, German footballer
 * September 6 – Zhivko Gospodinov, Bulgarian footballer
 * September 11
 * Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer
 * Plamen Markov, Bulgarian footballer
 * September 19 – Zvonko Kalezić, Montenegrin retired football
 * September 26 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
 * October 8 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer
 * October 25 – Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer
 * October 27 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager
 * November 17 – Bob Oldridge, English former professional footballer

January

 * January 18 – Alvaro Gestido, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (49)

October

 * October 5 – José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (55, Tuberculosis)